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4 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 49 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from State v. McLean.

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1 State v. McLean Anchor
nj · 2011
green “is not a vehicle for offering the view of the witness about a series of facts that the jury can evaluate for itself or an opportunity to express a view on guilt or innocence.” 16
2 State v. Lazo
nj · 2012
green “neither a police officer nor another witness may improperly bolster or vouch for an eyewitness' credibility and thus invade the jury's province.” 16
3 State v. LaBrutto
nj · 1989
green “witness must have actual knowledge, acquired through his or her senses, of the matter to which he or she testifies.” 10
4 State v. Lazo
nj · 2012
green “in an identification case, it is for the jury to decide whether an eyewitness credibly identified the defendant.” 7

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